Zing

Sue Arrowsmith (1968 - )

Uni Posca ink on Dulux gloss house paint on MDF

2000

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  • About the work
    Location
    Country: Egypt
    City: Cairo
    Place: British Embassy

    'Zing's' fluid sense of movement is created by carefully-drawn white ink lines applied in a single movement across the blue surface. Sue Arrowsmith used a ruler with an undulating edge to repeat the same line down the canvas. Despite her attention to detail, 'Zing' seems randomly formed, as if its variations were created freehand. Ink varies in thickness and smudges are left where the ruler was lifted. These human aberrations become part of the painting, giving it a more personal and less mechanical nature.

  • About the artist
    Sue Arrowsmith was born in Manchester. After completing an art foundation course at Tameside College of Technology in Ashton- Under-Lyne (1984–86), she studied for a B. A. Hons in Textiles at Goldsmiths’ College, London (1987–90). In 1997, she was a prizewinner at the John Moores Liverpool Exhibition 20; and in 1998, at the NatWest Art Prize. Since 1994 Arrowsmith has had solo exhibitions in London, Copenhagen, Berlin, Stuttgart and Blundenz. Her most recent solo exhibitions include shows at the National Botanic Garden of Wales, Carmarthen, 2011; and at Purdy Hicks Gallery, London, 2015. She has also exhibited her work in numerous group exhibitions in the UK and abroad. In 2010 she was Artist-in-Residence at the Josef and Anni Alberts Foundation in Connecticut, USA. Arrowsmith lives and works in London. Her work is represented in numerous collections including the Arts Council Collection; Kupferstichkabinett of the National Gallery of Berlin; San Diego Museum of Contemporary Art; and Saatchi and Saatchi, London.
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    grid, abstract
    Materials & Techniques
    MDF, house paint, ink, painting (as object name)
  • Details
    Artist
    Sue Arrowsmith (1968 - )
    Title
    Zing
    Date
    2000
    Medium
    Uni Posca ink on Dulux gloss house paint on MDF
    Dimensions
    height: 152.80 cm, width: 152.60 cm
    Acquisition
    Purchased from the artist, July 2002
    Inscription
    verso, tl: 'ZING' 2000 / S.Arrowsmith / White uni-posca ink on / L.Blue Dulux Gloss / on MDF.
    Provenance
    the artist
    GAC number
    17720